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We present an analysis of COMPTEL observations made between November 1991 and May 1994 of 2CG 135+01, a bright gamma-ray source located near the Galactic plane. At energies above 1 MeV, an excess consistent with the position of 2CG 135+01…

There is growing evidence that the Galactic Center Excess identified in the $\textit{Fermi}$-LAT gamma-ray data arises from a population of faint astrophysical sources. We provide compelling supporting evidence by showing that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-23 Oscar Macias , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Manoj Kaplinghat , Chris Gordon , Roland M. Crocker , David M. Nataf

The inner region of the Milky Way is one of the most interesting and complex regions of the gamma-ray sky. The intense interstellar emission and resolved point sources, as well as potential contributions by other sources such as unresolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Troy A. Porter , Simona Murgia

The nature of the GeV gamma-ray Galactic center excess (GCE) in the data of Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) is still to be unveiled. We present a new analysis of the inner Galaxy Fermi-LAT data at energies above 10 GeV, based on an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-27 Silvia Manconi , Francesca Calore , Fiorenza Donato

The center of the Milky Way is offering one of the most striking mystery in Astroparticle Physics. An excess of gamma rays (GCE) has been measured by several groups in the data collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) towards the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-18 Mattia Di Mauro

An anomalous gamma-ray excess emission has been found in Fermi Large Area Telescope data covering the centre of the Galaxy. Several theories have been proposed for this `Galactic Centre Excess'. They include self-annihilation of dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-10 Oscar Macias , Chris Gordon , Roland M. Crocker , Brenna Coleman , Dylan Paterson , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Martin Pohl

Data from the Fermi-LAT reveal two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50 degrees above and below the Galactic center, with a width of about 40 degrees in longitude. The gamma-ray emission associated with these bubbles has a significantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-03 Meng Su , Tracy R. Slatyer , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

The excess of $\gamma$ rays in the data measured by Fermi-LAT from the Galactic center region is one of the most intriguing mysteries in Astroparticle Physics. This Galactic center excess (GCE), has been measured with respect to different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-27 Mattia Di Mauro

The "GeV-excess" of the diffuse gamma-rays in the halo is studied with a template fit based on energy spectra for each possible process of gamma-ray emission. Such a fit allows to determine the background and signal simultaneously, so the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-28 Wim de Boer , Iris Gebauer , Alexander Neumann , Peter L. Biermann

It has been proposed that a recent outburst of cosmic-ray electrons could account for the excess of GeV-scale gamma rays observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center. After studying this possibility in some detail, we identify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 Ilias Cholis , Carmelo Evoli , Francesca Calore , Tim Linden , Christoph Weniger , Dan Hooper

From astronomical observations, we know that dark matter exists and makes up $\sim$25\% of our Universe. Recently the study of anomalous gamma-ray emission in the regions surrounding the galactic center has drawn a lot of attention. It has…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-07-08 Tanmoy Mondal , Tanushree Basak

The quest for Dark Matter signals in the gamma-ray sky is one of the most intriguing and exciting challenges in astrophysics. In this paper we perform the analysis of the energy spectrum of the \textit{Fermi bubbles} at different latitudes,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-31 Wei-Chih Huang , Alfredo Urbano , Wei Xue

The gamma-ray Fermi-LAT Galactic centre excess (GCE) has puzzled scientists for over 15 years. Despite ongoing debates about its properties, and especially its spatial distribution, its nature remains elusive. We scrutinize how the…

The possible gamma-ray excess in the inner Galaxy and the Galactic center (GC) suggested by Fermi-LAT observations has triggered a large number of studies. It has been interpreted as a variety of different phenomena such as a signal from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Francesca Calore , Ilias Cholis , Christoph Weniger

Here we review our current knowledge on diffuse gamma-rays from galactic halos. Estimates of the relative contribution of the various emission processes at low and high latitudes are compared to the data over 6 decades in energy. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Pohl

The Fermi bubbles are structures observed in gamma rays at GeV energies, emanating from the central region of our galaxy and extending up to 8.5 kpc above and below the galactic plane. While initial studies showed a flat brightness across…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-02 Pooja Surajbali

Here is reviewed our current understanding of Galactic and extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray emission. The spectrum of the extragalactic gamma-ray background above 30 MeV can be well described by a power law with photon index s=2.1. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Pohl

Recently, the {\it{Fermi}} space telescope has discovered two large $\gamma$-ray emission regions, the so-called "Fermi bubbles", that extend up to $\sim 50^\circ$ above and below the Galactic center. The $\gamma$-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Satyendra Thoudam

Most of the celestial gamma rays detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope originate from the interstellar medium when energetic cosmic rays interact with interstellar nucleons and photons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 F. Acero , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. D. Bloom , R. Bonino , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , R. Desiante , S. W. Digel , L. Di Venere , P. S. Drell , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , E. C. Ferrara , W. B. Focke , A. Franckowiak , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , A. K. Harding , K. Hayashi , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , A. B. Hill , D. Horan , X. Hou , T. Jogler , G. Jóhannesson , T. Kamae , M. Kuss , D. Landriu , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , J. Li , L. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , D. Malyshev , A. Manfreda , P. Martin , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , P. F. Michelson , N. Mirabal , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , N. Renault , M. Sánchez-Conde , M. Schaal , A. Schulz , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , F. Spada , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , G. Vianello , M. Werner , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer

Several groups have recently claimed evidence for an unaccounted gamma-ray excess over {the} diffuse backgrounds at few GeV in {the} Fermi-LAT data in a region around the Galactic Center, consistent with a dark matter annihilation origin.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Jovana Petrovic , Pasquale Dario Serpico , Gabrijela Zaharijas